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Its heartbreaking. The women have no idea what to expect, no control over their birth whatsoever (a lot of them are given unneeded inductions early and unnecessary c-sections, even the doctor on the show came out and said that it was for the best of the system, not the woman), they are scared out of their minds because they have no education about birth, and they are shackled to the bed (even non-violent offenders).

It seems so heartless, there have got to be better ways to approach this. I realize there are restrictions due to security and state finances, but all human beings deserve dignity. Especially in birth.

@blackbird: I do volunteer doula work with underprivileged women now (low income) and I think that work is important too, but I think these incarcerated women need the support even more. They have no options, no access to education, nothing.

I was just looking into becoming a breastfeeding peer counselor for WIC, but maybe I can do both.